The head coach of Manchester United, Ruben Amorim, insisted that the decision to have Marcus Rashford and Antony borrowed the club is worth the short -term pain for long -term profit.
The two strikers who both return on the way to Old Trafford, when their papers with Aston Villa and Real Betis run at the end of the season, have been shaped by Manchester. Antony was involved in nine goals and led Betis to the qualification points of the Champions League in La Liga and the semi -finals of the Conference League to the Champions League.
Rashford has done a destination for the villa every 94 minutes this year or a brilliant individual exhibition against Manchester City in the middle of the week, which conquered the again and the strength he enjoyed outside of his youth club.
United desperately fought every persistent attack threat in the absence of the duo. As Amorim admitted this week: “We are missing a lot of things in the team. We have seen Milan in the past, many problems [the club and understand]It is really difficult in one context. And in January we lost Rashford and Antony and didn’t bring any new ones – [it] was a risk. “
However, the Portuguese boss defended the club’s transfer activity. “There are things that are more important than scoring ten more goals this season. We try to do something that is more important. We can hurt the squad now, but in the future it will help the club.”
Amorim revealed that it was “my idea” to let Rashford and Antony go, but insisted that the hierarchy of the club offered him its full support. “That is clear,” he said. “I try to help the team and sometimes help the players who needed something else – that’s all.”
The 40-year-old coach previously explained that he couldn’t get Marcus [Rashford] To see how they play football and train as I see it. ”
United’s transfer policy was not the only aspect of Amorim’s term of office that he defended with Bournemouth before the Premier League’s Premier League meets.
The former sporty CP manager had asked to stay with the Lisbon outfit until the end of the season before ultimately accepting United’s ultimatum, now or never joined. “If you ask me with all the problems four months ago, I may have the feeling that I am stronger at the beginning of the season,” admitted Amorim.
“But today I think it will help us in the future.
“We suffer a lot here. There is a lot of frustration, but I feel that at that moment, maybe because we are towards the end, the most important time is in the next few years.
“We will use all information to better prepare for the next few years. [I have] no regret. “